MARK SILBER:  

After 49 years of marriage and without an unkind word to say about my ex, I live alone in a 200 year old home in Frenchtown, NJ. It's lonely, but Frenchtown is smaller than Hackettstown so it's a way of returning to my roots. All I need now are the right initials to carve into one of my sugar maples. I live in hope... . After high school, I went to Rutgers for 4 years, then on to drop out of a masters program in ecology, in Canada. I then got a provisional certificate and taught high school science in Madison Township, now Old Bridge. But the Selective Service, upon hearing I was in Canada, drafted me, despite the science exemption following Sputnik beating us to outer space. So, I spent 2 years in the military service, at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, where I started night law school. Upon discharge, I married Michele, from whom I'm divorced, finished law school at Seton Hall, and opened a practice in Metuchen, where I've been for the past 48 years. Since moving to Frenchtown, I keep saying I should close the Metuchen office. Today, I'm a better father and lawyer than ever. I drive in the right hand lane, glance in the rear view mirror with some regrets but still see a smile on my face. Reunions mean more to me than ever. I'm glad I went and grateful for those who worked to make them happen. I'd...Expand for more